Simmons was a switch hitter, so there is no "R" (reverse) designation. In game simulation, switch hitters must always hit from the opposite side the pitcher throws with. Rare exceptions could potentially be conjured up, but they must be documented to have occurred in real life and made hitter-pitcher specific for adjustments in game simulation.

Money had a better OBP versus righties. But his card splits were doctored to favor the left side for OBP. This was done by S-O-M for the purpose of encouraging gamers to play lighter hitting lefty batter Roy Howell at DH against righties--for realistic usage. S-O-M further promoted this by making Howell clutch favorable upon reissue, though Money was also clutch favorable.

Picciolo's mixed card (OAK/MIL stats) watered down so that his left/right card splits are close in value rather than highly favorable versus left. Picciolo had 76 PA's overall, about 65 percent with Oakland. Started 5 games at short and 2 at second for Brewers. Was originally carded with Brewers.

When the 1982 baseball cards were reissued by S-O-M in 2016, the Brewers were the only team that did not receive any cards added to their original issue. Among all the modern, full season reissues within the past two decades, I'm guessing they are the only team with no players added from the original issue.

The 1982 Brewers are part of the recently released 1980s/1990s "Diamond Gems" card sets by S-O-M. 16 teams in all, so far. They are the only team from those sets that was a reissued duplicate from a previously reissued set.

LHB Terry Crowley had 5 PA vs. lefties (250./400/.250). Low sample doctored card on left side. Valuable last resort when Orioles platoon options have been exhausted, which can happen with this platoon heavy roster. Deep bullpens on opposing teams can exploit this team, especially when using certain starters as openers. "Back to the Future" analytics. For an itemized account of 1982 Crowley card, see the thread "1982 Johnny Grubb & Lefty Sample Sizes" in Baseball 2 section.

Floyd "Honey Bear" Rayford--like Crowley--was carded only upon reissue. Rayford gives the Birds emergency depth at catcher and third base. Rayford was just 3 for 35 (.086) versus righties. But two were homers. An .086 BA is well below the Dean-Tolleson Line, so his homerun value vs. righties combined with his extremely low BA could not be accurately represented within the "50/50" S-O-M card dynamic. So S-O-M shifted one of those two homers to his other side, where Rayford hit .222/.364/.389 with one homerun in 22 PA in real life.

Rayford played just three innings at catcher, but 15 games--12 starts at third. He may start there occasionally against platoon southpaws in sim games.

It's handy that his overall splits are similar to noncarded Brewers hitter Larry Hisle, allowing Milwaukee to use the 1982 Rayford card as a sub for Hisle, with option to use PDR for walks and/or homeruns if one is that particular.

Jurak played in 12 games at third base, starting five of them. He had 24 plate appearances, going 7 for 21 (.333, all singles) with seven RBI (clutch favorable?), two walks and a sac fly. Simple way would be to use PHC #5. A PDR method if one is particular.

Part-time hitters with reverse splits often had their cards doctored by S-O-M to satisfy normalized platoon setups. Reid Nichols of the Red Sox is a subtle example. We discussed the Brewers' altered card splits.

S-O-M wanted its gamers to be accurate with player usage, so they often tailored certain cards to incentivize that.

Julio "Exxon" Valdez spilled five hits in 20 at bats. 23 plate appearances. He was originally carded by S-O-M, which provided the Red Sox with an emergency shortstop after Hoffman gets pinch hit for or Stapleton needs to move to another position. Or whatever. But pitcher Bob Ojeda was not originally carded despite pitching in 22 games--14 starts--and 352 plate appearances against.

"Gumby" Gedman and "Muggsy" Allenson formed catcher platoon which will follow the same catcher regulation as teams such as the Yankees (Cerone/Wynegar) and Orioles (Dempsey/Nolan), where the righty hitters played more than the lefties. Cerone, Dempsey, and Allenson will start against all lefties (RL,PL), and reverse righties (RR). This compromise will satisfy both the game manager and game regulator.

Light hitting Hoffman will start a lot of games but may not complete many of them.

Stapleton won't start many games but will appear in most.

Remy is an atypical #5 hitter, but he's there because he's clutch favorable (best spot for that) and an "A" bunter who can steal bases--both factors keep Rice and Yastrzemski away from the double play ball.